2019 National Disabled Hockey Festival

2019 National Disabled Festival - Wesley Chapel, FL March 28-31

USA Hockey is proud to welcome and invite you to the 15th annual Toyota-USA Hockey Disabled Hockey Festival to be held at the Florida Hospital Center Ice in Wesley Chapel, FL. This year the disciplines will be broken up between two weekends.

The mission of the Festival is to provide a fun and exciting weekend of hockey in a grand event as well as promote and grow disabled hockey throughout the country. The event is the largest disabled hockey event of its kind, bringing together all of the disabled hockey disciplines in one location.

Registration will open on August 8, 2018. If you register by December 1, 2018, the cost to attend is $500. After that the fee goes up to $1,000. he deadline to register is January 15th.

The mission of the Festival is to provide a fun and exciting weekend of hockey in a grand event as well as promote and grow disabled hockey throughout the country. The event is the largest disabled hockey event of its kind. This new format will be able to accommodate more teams, more players and more flexibility.

The Warrior/Amputee Discipline will consist of two (2) levels (A and B). Teams shall consist of Veterans with a disability and/or players with amputations that play upright hockey. Veteran players must have served in the armed forces (Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, or Coast Guard) and been discharged under conditions other than dishonorable. They must also meet at least one of the following requirements: (1) Purple Heart recipient, (2) have a minimum 10% rating from the VA, or (3) have a disability occurring outside of service (that may or may not have been related to service). Verification of disability will be required.